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World Trade Center Rising
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jonrobertp
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thx to the OP. To be finished in fall of 2013. I'm going back to see it then !! Missed the twin towers, but saw the hole.
stratplaya
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Nice pics.
However, I'm a bit disappointed in the progress of the entire project. 10 years to build that? Both original towers were built in less than 7 years.
SP
However, I'm a bit disappointed in the progress of the entire project. 10 years to build that? Both original towers were built in less than 7 years.
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Richard G T
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This is a beautiful site. Thanks for sharing Dez and being so close to 10 years past makes all the more meaningful.
Best wishes,
Richard
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Best wishes,
Richard
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Answell
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HI Dez
Nice pictures. Just before you posted, I was reading Conde' Nast traveller magazine which gave a full sketch of what the building will be like when completed. Very very nice. Conde' Nast will be leasing 1 million square feet of office space for 25 years at a cost of $2 billion dollars. It is projected to open in 2014.
Here are some of the features that they mentioned:
1 Underground concourse with climate control to 12 subway lines
2. Seventy one floors with 2.6 million acres of office space.
3. Curtain walls. 23 acres of blast-resistant glass-tested to withstand hurricane and earthquake.
4. Observation deck will be on floors 100 & 101.
5. Elevators. 4 times speedier than tipical elevators. 2000 ft per minute, and the list goes on. I think that the building will also be quite a height at 1776.
Nice pictures. Just before you posted, I was reading Conde' Nast traveller magazine which gave a full sketch of what the building will be like when completed. Very very nice. Conde' Nast will be leasing 1 million square feet of office space for 25 years at a cost of $2 billion dollars. It is projected to open in 2014.
Here are some of the features that they mentioned:
1 Underground concourse with climate control to 12 subway lines
2. Seventy one floors with 2.6 million acres of office space.
3. Curtain walls. 23 acres of blast-resistant glass-tested to withstand hurricane and earthquake.
4. Observation deck will be on floors 100 & 101.
5. Elevators. 4 times speedier than tipical elevators. 2000 ft per minute, and the list goes on. I think that the building will also be quite a height at 1776.
DezM
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DezM
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Thanks. When I shot it, it was up to the 78th floor. Now, it's a 80 floors. The 71 floors you quoted is incorrect.
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DezM
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They had to rebuild the structural walls that support the site and rebuild the foundation andunderground railways before constructing that acutal tower itself.
Funding was also a major issue which took years to resolve.
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Funding was also a major issue which took years to resolve.
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Answell
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This is what Conde' nast posted. I took it straight out of the magazine.
Answell
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Probably what they quoted , was the actual amount of floors that will be rented, and not the total floors.
DezM
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Got it. Thanks. I wonder if they building's owner already leased the whole building to capacity.
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Richard G T
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No Dez I haven't been there yet.
Haven't been to NYC in over three years. My Bad! Must get there soon. MUSTget there soon! Perhaps the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx this fall followed by a little snack in the wonderful Belmont section.
Best wishes,
Richard
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Haven't been to NYC in over three years. My Bad! Must get there soon. MUSTget there soon! Perhaps the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx this fall followed by a little snack in the wonderful Belmont section.
Best wishes,
Richard
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Equipment: 1 camera, 1 lens, 38 years
http://www.pbase.com/rgthompson
DezM
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Hotphotons
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It also kind of seems they have built a giant memorial commemorating the success of the terrorists in forcing America to change. I think they should have rebuilt the original towers or the original towers with an even more fantastic design.
This just seems sad we have been cowed into building broken buildings and holes in the ground.
DezM
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At least something is being built after 10 years and the design, when completed, will probably look fantastic.
There's no commeration to the terrorists. It's being constructed to memorialize the nearly 3,000 9/11 victims of that fateful day. And those two pools in the ground reflect the footing of the original towers.
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